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Nassau County Review.
VOL. XIV NO. 19
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1909
FREEPORT NpWS President's Annual Letter
Ttie annual letter of the Villagre Preaident appears in this issue. It ia a clear, concise, straightforward statement of Village affairs and it will b« well worth your time to read it. We didn't see anything in it asking a salary for the Village President either.
The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Jere E. Brown Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Isador Mayer is building a skating rink ac 84 South Main Street, to be 68x80 feet, one story high and lighted by electricity.
Lewi.s Siegel of We.st Hempstead, father of Lewis Siegel of this village, died Monday, March 1, at his home, in his 93rd year.
MiHS Su.sie LaBar of S'jgarloaf, N. Y., and Miss Jennie Lewis of Newton, N. J., are visiting at the home of Mis.s Rowena Helland, 27 I'ine Street.
The Ctiurch Irnprovement Society of the Presbyterian Church will hold a .sale of cake, candy, bread, pie, apron.s and handkerchiefs at the home of Mrs. Clarence E. Jones, 79 South Grove Street, thi.s .Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5.-
About sixty of our citizens attended the inaugural ceremonies at Washing¬ ton with the excur-iions of the Repub-
Village Board Busy
Chief Engineer's Report—Moneys To Be Voted for
Mr. Aclterman Wont Run
To the Editor of the Review,
Freeport, L. I. Dear Sir:—
I beg to inform the public that I
am not a candidate for the office of
Village Trustee, and never gave per
mission to any party to use my name.
Very truly yours,
Alexander C. Ackerman.
Office to Rent in Ross & Randall Building. Apply Ross & Randall Company, Main St. and Brooklyn Ave., Freeport, N. Y.
Saloons Hate Morrison?
An adjourned meeting of the Village Board of Trustees was held in the Board room Friday evening, the entire Board being present with the exception of Trustee Sigmond.
Chief Engineer Wallace submitted the estimate of money wanted during the coming year for the use of the fire department, as follows: Balance due on hose purchased in 1908, $550; ex¬ tension ladder, $60; 12 helmets, $24; 12 rubber coats, $42; 12 pair rubber boots, $42; 12 pair rubber gloves, $18; 12 hose spanners, $12; 12 hose straps, $6 ; 6 hydrant wrenches, $9; 2 shut-oir nozzles, $40; (i Hilton coup¬ lings, $48; 4 shovels $<>; 4 dash-board gongs for hose wagons, $80; incidental expenses, $100; incidental repairs, $100; fuel, $100; Village Treasurer's
commissions, $75; axles for hose Some More "Things for
Fooled Again!
The "Citizens" circular says:
Why Are They Opposed To Him? They Want Hobbs!
The extraordinary number of saloon¬ keepers, bar tenders and hangers-on of the Village saloons who have signed the nominating petition of the Citi¬ zens' Party should cause every voter to look well to his ballot on Election Day. Eighteen or twenty saloon men out of a possible twenty-four in the village do not favor Mr. Hobb's candi¬ dacy without a reason.
. ._, ,, .,, , , , . _, . What has Mr. Hobbs prom i.sed them?
The polls will probably be ordered Or has Mr. Morrison done something to port aunii^^ tbe year by tho.se m charge at 6 o'clock oflpe^d them? Perhaps the law has
been a little too strictly enforced for them?
There's a reason! What is it? Think it over before election dav.
closed p. m.''
Taking advantage of a new law pa.ssed la.st year the Village Board unanimously voted to keep the polls open till S o'ciock.
wagons and other repairs, $180; brake on truck, $20; horse hire for hauling apparatus to fire, $175; rent, $100; 0 lanterns, $24; repainting Vigilant hose wagon and repairing runway, $75; chemical extinguisher charges, $12, and band hire for inspection, $200, making a total of $2098.
His recommendations wore as fol¬ lows :
1. Purchase of property by the
lican County Committee and Bug House Village for the location of the hose Hose Co. One car would not accori- cotnpanies' houses.
aiodate all the Freeporters going on the Republican excKr.sioti.
Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor, will preach Sunday evening in the M. E. Church on "The City of God in Free- port," this sermon to refer to local conditions and responsibilities of the people for a clean town; and to also include the subject of "no license."
The certificate of the Citizens' Party
2. l.^wering of the ground lloor and concreting same in each hose company's house.
15. Raising the hook and ladder house two feet.
4. The consideration of the forma
The Voters to Ponder Over"
If John E. Golding is a Methodist as the "Citizens" claim, how is Charles F. Schneiker a Lutheran?
J. U. Cartwright said the "Citizens" petition had 225 .signatures last Wednesday night. It only has 180 now and 9 or 10 of these are on twice. What became of the rest?
The one most noticeable feature of the "Citizens" ticket circular is that while it assails the present iidmin- istration it .makes no promises or even suggestions of how it will better exist¬ ing conditions.
The "Citizens'" Party says "Village atfairs are under inlUience of a ring"
Who are "Leading Citizens?"
Sunday the "Citizens" Party issued a circular containing the list of signers to its petition, non^inating officers for the Village election on .March ItJ.
The circular is a jumble of false and
Official Paper of Nassau County
Freeport Village Affairs
I'o tlie Board of Trustees;
(Jentlemen:
.\t this our last uieetiiit^ ol" the fiscal year il seenis {)ro]'er to nie to addre.ss a eomtuunicatiou to you, and through you to our cit¬ izens, dealing with the j^eneral affairs of our Villat^e. All governing bodies are of course subject to a certain amount of criticism, just or unjust, and it is my intention to show that all our acts have been done with the single purpose of what was right and just and for the bestiii- terests of our Village.
In the first placo l,^t me express my appreciation of your sup- Our Board has been harinonions and except on a few small matters have been of one mind in our decisions. Yon gentlemen are all men of atiaiis. of business, aud yet you have devoted yourself to the atfairs of the Village without any desire or lioi)e of re¬ muneration. But it is but natural that ymi should. You have all ii - sided in Freeport for years. You have seen Freep<:)rt grow from .i small Ii;iinlet to a thriving Village of five thonsaud inhabitants. You have seen our re:il estate double and triple in value, and improvement after improvement made, nntil tlie Village of Freeport takes a back seat to no Yillage on the Island, You are not men that sini[)ly .seek the oftice of Trustee for the name that is in it, for your iirior service
serious
misleading insinuations. We take , , ^i i ^i i i- x- . -n *
one for instance where it says: "Most' '^'^"^ ^'^o^^'" -^ ^^" ^^''^^ "'*^ o])ligations ui)0n you as Trustees .an
of the leading citizens of the Village ones and in order to accomiilisli what is necessary for the iiiterests of
Mitlvr.-
tionof additional companies in the de-I etc. What kind of management of
partment, using the various second¬ hand apparatus now in storage.
5. (Jonsideration by the Board of submitting to the taxpayers a propo-
was fi'cd with the Village Clerk Mon- sition to acquire land and erect a Build- day night. Mention of it is made ing, or purchase one already erected elsewhere. David Sutherland jr., for general village offices, court room, Charles J. Betzig and Charles E. department headquarters, and also Lang are appointed a committee to domicile therein one or two fire com¬
panies.
0. A shriller toned lire alarm whistle until such time as the village may adopt a more practical lire alarin system.
7. Forbiddirg the use of lire hy¬ drants by sidewalk contractors, except under direct supervision of the hy¬ drant inspector, the sidewalk contractor to pay such inspector 30 cents per hour with a minimum charge of 50c, the .same rule to apply to street sprinklers. This would les.sen the great number of leaky hydrants with which the village had to contend during the past year.
S. At least once annually the Board of Fire Commissioners visit each Corn-
affairs is it for a ring of men to get together and selecr candidates without calling any i)rimary or asking the people for their free expression of opinion? Will you expect to get in¬ to Mr. Hobb's confidence any more if he is elected than you were when he lixed up his ticket with his "ring."
Who pays ttie expenses of printing circulars and putting them out. hiring headquarters, etc., for the "Citizens" Party, out of an office without a sal¬ ary?
Will the "Citizens" Party take the voters in their confidence with a statement of their expenses and con¬ tributions? We'd like to .see it.
Another Joke: R. A. M. Hobbs tell¬ ing us a list of societies he l>elongs to
Mon ison is the whole show in the D. i says he is now oppo.sed to the whole Morrison's mantle works and spends i ticket.
his money in Freeport; he al.so belongs : We do not make these to one or two locnl lodges but don't i to give any intimation of the possible pany in the department at a regular i use i\as a drawing card when running ; weakness of the ticket, for their sign
for offN-e.
fill vacancies., etc.
A delegation from Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., attended a reception given to National Councilor Schaertzer by Brooklyn Counci No. 21, at Cooper Hall, Brooklyn, Monday. All report listening to a fine address by Mr. Schaertzer, also that they became acquainted with other promient men of the order.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred H. Sniith were surprised by a half hundred of their friends from this village and Hempstead Friday night. Cards and dancing were enjoyed until quite late, music being furnished by Zeiner. In the card contest nrizes were awarded Harry Zi'iner and Addie'Tydeman. meeting, notifying the Company at
Chief Engineer .A. B. Wallace en- lea.st 10 days prior thereto, and that on —
tertained the Board of Fire Commis- such night the Company visited be in Ifi iWeiTliiriam
sioners, counsel to the Board, the as-' uniform for a company inspection. The following preamble and resolu-
aistant chiefs, the foremen of the var- i'. The adoption of a building code, tions have been adopted by the m.^m-
ious companies and the department; and the appointment of a practical and i bers of the Class of 1909, Freeport
secretary at a supper at his residence competent bull ier (who is a member of i High Shcool:
Thursday evening of last week, during the /ire department) as inspector of
which the needs of the fire department buildings at a fair financial recom-
were discussed. pense.
, T, 1 - III With the exception of recommenda- oC Excelsior Hook .• vt /• ^.u .- ,.¦
1 tion No. 6, the recommenaations were
tiT-ii- «iF f ^^ ""l*^! tabled to be taken up by the new
William W. Cameron was unanimously t» j • j- i. i c ¦/ __j J r ..J i A.- i.1.. .,a'.Ji. ¦ Board immediately after its organiza¬ tion following election. It was decided that the matter mentioned in No. 6 be submitted to the new Board with a recommendation that the amount be
taken out of the fire department fund i and published in The Student,
Tattler and the village papers Committee.
Mary B. Davis,
have either signed or pledged their support."
The writer would say just one word here. He is a native of Freeport. He has always been deejily interested in Freeport's affairs and has studied its conditions considerably, having too for a long time attended the meetings of
the Village Board of Trustees, the i ^i i -i i i i i i i -ii ii n \ i
work of which Board the self appointed ^>P'^"f^Vt''=^t it has been hard to keep np with the growth, hampered :i>
nominees of the "Citizens" Party have ^ve are by limits of the \illageliaw. lV()i)le have clamoured for
not the slightest idea of, and think our b'ght and waler faster than we could e.xteud our systems. .Vnd \ ,t
reputation for telling the truth holds •, • i i:. i i i i i i -ii i i • v i i •
good and what we say we expect to he it »s wonderttd what has been done withoiat :iskiug tor a bond issm-.
believed in on this matter. ^Ve iiave about fifty (."lOimiles of streets in Freeport and only raised fi\e As to the "leading citizens" there thousiind dollars iSaOOO) (aud were limited to abont such amouut, ex- are at least 11 salconkeei ers and 7 < i -i.- , i t i\ xt a i i i i hotel bartenders on the list, and we ^'^I'<^ ^»-" P»'"I>^^«itum) t.. care tor them. New streets liav(. be<>n opened
should say from a study of the list that that are not \ illage streets, aiid people building on them hav<> .isked probably four times as many more of ; that the street bc taken care of, which of course under the law we the signatures were written on the
the i)eople eutails great sacrifices. Vou are men that permain side here and the Vilhige interests are your interests.
Before going iuto the various departments <if our Vilhige let nu- state that the ])roblems of the Village of Freeport have been dilVicult bec.uisi' of our rapid groAvth. So many new people liavt' come to imr village, so many new houses have been erected, so m;iny new streets
front side of a hotel liar.
As to the personel of the rest of the signers there is one minis er on the ist out of six in the village and he tells us he put his name on under a misunderstanding.
There are four doctors on the list out of a dozen ir. the village.
There are two lawyers on the list o it of about thirty.
...„ _ ... .._ „.. ... As to business men we cannot (ind
in New York and the number of firms: but two signers who are in mercantile the last two years, samrtioned by vote of the people he is connected with there. Daniel; business in Freeport and one of them : tend the eleiitric light sy.stem from the receipts of
c;in not do. The law provides how these streets may be turned over to the Village, and our Board h.is alw:iys been willing to accej>t them when put into proper condition.
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING SYSTEM
Commercial
Some years ago our lighting system was ;i. subject of much ;ui- v(>rse criticism, but the success of our jilant has at the jiresent time al¬ most eliminated such criticism. The general jiolicy of tho Board for
has been to ex- the Jilant. This
of course, is not technically right as extensions should have been statements made by bond issue (or as it would lie c:illed in i)rivate jdauts "'in¬ creased cajiital") but our Village was growing so fast and demands for light were so insistent that it seemed best so to do in oVder to meet the needs of onr jieojile. To-day the jil.ant stands as follows: There are about four hundred and thirtecui (41)5) light consumers.
At the meeting and Ladder Co. Wednesday >ron was una endorsed for advancement to the oflice of Chief Engineer of the Freeport Fire Department and Clarence VanRiper for firsf assistant Engineer. It was also decided that the company would support the man named from Bay View Hoae Co. for Second Assistant Chief.
ers all have a vote (except the nine or ten whose names are down twice) but we wonder who they mean by leading '
''nXy are referring to church mat- • ^^"J* receijits for the year were fifteen thousand six huuar^dand eighty ters, there are not over six signers on i seven dollars and thirty-nine cents ( 15,<)'{7..'$!).) Our disbur.sements it connected with any church of the : f^j. j^,eneral ojieratiug expenses were i<8\)l~).'\7 and there was siient for
Whereas God in His infinite wisdom l village unless it be the t^atholic, with i • ¦ e ii • ^oomiiui i> i- ti » * • .
,» c cao w . xy '"'""','- a ' ..,u:„u ..,^ ,1^ „, ^ u.,,.,,^„ f„ h.. f,' J1 ^,,. cxteusious froui the caruiugs •'Sb.ilM>.l)(). Jiv making these extensions has taken unto Himself Mrs. Amy. which we do not hajipen to be familiar ^ • i, i
Parkerson, the beloved mother of our enough to count the list. But this they ; we have increased the v:i,lue of our jilant and addeil a further source friend and cla.ssmate. Miss Marie E. ; claim is not a matter of sect, so they ^f jucome. The entire inventory of tho jilant will be nia(h; up later to Parkerson. ; could not mean this. , ., ¦, -, r ii tj i i- u • t^ • •
D I A *i, * »u- I 4. I * Tf tv,^- v.f^.. f« \c..A',r.^ ,.;^:,^„„' meet the demands of the Public Service Commission.
Resolved, that this class extend to I If they refer to leading citizens
Miss Parkerson and her family heartfelt sympathy and condolence in their bereavement.
Resolved, that a copy of these reso¬ lutions be sent to the bereaved family
The
our I politically we cannot find the names of
For this vear T recommend to vou that no extensions be made
ten enrolled Republicans on the list, fj.,^,,. tjj,^ earnings, but that the interest on the bonded iudebteduoss and we think if that possible ten knew i i n , • i i i -if n t t\ i i rn
they had been trapped in such a politi-, '^"^^ '^l^ maturing bonds be jiaid from the revenues of the jilan^. fhe cal scheme as this they would wish to j commercial system is at this time adequately able to do this, ;ind by
to purchase a new whistle. Treasurer John E. Golding was or- According to the Brooklyn Times, ' dered to re-transfer $350 from the in- Charles J. Auchterlonie of Hemp- ' terest fund to the light fund, stead, where he moved from this vil- It was decided that the following lage, is claimed to have had a wife ; propositions be placed before the tax- living when he married Miss Marsh i payers to be voted upon at the coming about two weeks ago. According to ; annual election, March 16, and that the the same report Mr. Auchterlonie says [ counsel be instructed to fix them legal- he has heard the same thing before i ly for that purpose. To appropriate but if the marriage ever occurred he j $7,500 for the street light fund for an has forgotten all about it and would | all-night service and repairs to the not know the woman it is claimed is plant; to authorize the Village Board his first wife if he should meet her. to issue lionds to the amount of $10,000
The services in the Episcopal Church i f?*" ^"l^'" ^"5* ^^^'?^^ ^°'' ''K*^' ^^^^^ of the Transfiguration Sunday will be- «'«"« ^*^'"^'"R*'°'^'t'^^ ^'•'"Se; *¦' —
James E. Stiles.
BALE)WI]rr
so doing will decrease our taxes. As to extensions for the ensuing year, that is entirely uj) to our voters, and by submitting to them a bond issue of fifteen thousand dollars (*ir),fj()0) they can r xjiress ; themselves as to whether they desire a further extension of businosK and added accommodation in the way of light service t<j our consumers.
to
Holy Communion, 8 a. m.; matins, litany and sermon, 10.^0 a. m.; even¬ song and sermon, 7.30 a. m.
During the week tho services will he, Wednesday, Litany, 10 a. m.; Thursday, evensong and sermon, 8 p. m.; Fridays, evensong 5 p. m. The preacher Thursday evening will be Rev. Floyd Appleton, Ph. D., rector of St. Clements' Church. Brooklyn.
A large number ofthe members of Freeport Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M., were present laat Friday nicrht, as it was "moving day," when the lodge changed ita meeting place from Odd Fellows' Hall to t'ne new hall in the new Otten Building, now known as Mechanics' Hall.
$1000 to pay one-third of cost of con¬ structing sidewalks, no one person to receive allowance on more than 100 feet, and to raise $."^00 for cross-walks, to be laid at the <iiscretion of the Board.
Charles P. Smith appeared before the Board and notified them that his dog had been bitten by another dog ami that his animal had gone mad the early part of last week. He stated that the animal that had bitten his dog had jumped the fence at his home.
repudiate their signatures. ,
Are all the leading citizens in the ; Democratic party?
Or perhaps they mean leading citi-, zens in the matter of paying taxes. We cannot in the short time allowed |
look over the tax list for the purpose j ...
„ „ R H 11 H H i,f ..of verifying and so cannot state posi-11 jiersonally am very much in favor of this bond issue and hoheve NewSk N J arrvlsitinrfelaTives! ''^^ly- '^"^ ^'" ^''P'^^'' ""'' ^^''^^ ^^"^ that all thinking men will also be. We need our jilant extfuided by
here. | "^^p^^^ers!"^" '''"' "^ ^^^ ''^"*'''' "''' the addition of two new lioilers, as :it j.resent our boilers are running
Dr. W. J. Steele and Richard P. j Again as to those leading citizens, at full cajiacitv, much against the judgment of our engineer. We Suits have joined the ranks of the Qf the list of 180 signers the writer Qoed also be ready to add to our equijmient and make further liue ex- Knights of Pythias. ' ^^^^^ ^^^t kno^ half of them if he saw ' . t^ n i • -n * i •„ T ^=f^^
them on the street and he has been ; tensions, t urther business will warrant our so doing. I refor you
here all his life. to the rejiort of our engineer as to what is needed for our growing
There are a number of '««" Municijial Lighting Plant. The currying of this liond issue, it seems
Mrs. Menus Bedell and Mrs. Wm. A. Carman and daughter are visiting raise relatives in Freeport.
Our Village is in the
Miss Teresa Sullivan returned to New ion the li.st who are entitled to *-'very , io l.nt •. ^imnle business nroiiosition
York on Wednesday after a two weeks' \ respect and perhaps all of them are- ^i*, ™^'/%^^"<^, '•¦ f""I'^« busil ess j.loiK Slti m. visit with Mrs. Frank C. Smih. ', we are merely trying to find out who Electric Light linsine.ss, not only for the beneht of the Village gener
Thieves entered Winslow's Brookside i ^HJhe leading citizens are.
But then perhaps the list
Inn on Saturday night and carried off an overcoat, money, cigars and wine. A number of friends from this vil¬ lage and Brooklyn helped Henry llebenstreit jr. to celebrate his birth¬ day Tuesday.
of those who did not sign but promi.sed their support is larger.
insinuations Don't Pay
If you knew a man lied to you would „, , , ,, , ., , you believe him again? If you knew
Walter and Harvey heaman will en- ^ ^^^^^ deliberately deceived you would tertain a number of their friends in ^^^ ^.^^j. ^^ust him again? The Sun- Seaman's Hall on Saturday afterno.in, , jgy ^.ij,,jj,j,j. „f ^h,. .-citizons" Party
nistakes Not Fatal
and after biting his dog jumped to the
htreet and ran otf. The Board ordered March ii, in honor of their birthday
the clerk to notify the Board of Health
and ask them to take immediate ac
tion in the matter.
A routine meeting of the Board was held Tuesday evening at which the re¬ ports of the Water and Light Com¬ missioners were presented; also tho annual report of Village President Daniel Morrison and Treasurer John E. ,^ith Mr. and .Mrs Golding. The latter appears in our Chicago.
E. H. Payne, J. G. Lusch, Chas. due to Mr. Hobbs' getting his work i plains the condition of the water and ! ^""/^^alter Raynor. W. H. Raynor, done in New York where the names Ught plants. ^^^" ^l""" ""'^ ^' "• Cornwell are
were not familiar, and is a pretty good , The budget as adopted will make the ; «™°"« those attending the Inaugura- indication of the deep interest he has tax rate about 50c lower than last year. , ""^^ *' Washington. in Freepoirt's welfare. ; Samuel I..evy died Tuesday at Roper's
The further fact t^t nine of the: ~ Sanatarium, between thia village and
Munea were dowa twieib will not mikke I C. F. Vail has for sal6 • aamrey and Rockville Centre, aged 64 yeara. Fu-
ally, but also to furnish light to our citizens: and as the businesH in¬ creases so also must our facilities ho. increased. The added business that we can obtain by extensions, and the added revenue that we will derive therefrom, will make these extensions jirofitable for the \ illage,
STREET LIGHT
lu the Street Light System we have on our lines 12'.i arc lights and are running on an average of Vli'i jier night on an all night s(rhed- nle. This street lighting was furnished at a cost to the Village of
"It was suggested to submit about seven thousand dollars (*>*7000). This is far less j>er arc lamp
^ Clarence A. Edwards has moved his a proposition at the coming election to ^^.^^^ j^ ,^jj ^o anv j.rivate lighting concern that I know of. Further-
-; real estate olhce from Ross & Randall's pay the Village President an annual .'. . , ^, ' ,, 41 i i- » 1 *i 1 « r i * 1
brick buiding to corner ot Main St. and Salary of $600 per year. The Citi- "'"I'N I thiuk that we all agffe that lMee,..,rt has the best lighted
The fact that tho anonymous circular of "The Citizens' Party" issued Sun¬ day had 27 mistakes in it will not affect the validity of the filed certifi- cote. sdvertising columns this v/eek, while
The mistakes on the circular were president Morrison's letter well ex-
Broadway, F'reeport, on the ground zens Parly
floor. any salary at this time to tSg'Village
Miss Edith Southard of Hillcrest is Preaident." Does not this give you visiting friends in St. Louis, Mo. Mias the impression that Mr. Morrison if re- Southard also expects to spend a week -elected would want a salary of $600, E. A. Hawkins in
strongly opposejj^^ying ; streets of anv village on Ijoiig Island.
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
t )ur Water Plant is iu a thoroughly satisfactory cx^uditiuu .in»l sui»i»lying our citi/.r-ns with jmre, wholesome water at exceedingly rea-sonable rates. We have about eight huudred and twenty fS'20)
but that Mr. Hobbs, if elected, would
not take the money? Did you stop to; • . , ^i 1 ^ t.tM.,', u~ rn
think, first that the matter must be' water consumers. lhe receijitB of the jilant were $ll4.)/.»;>. lli«
aubmitted to a vote and, serond, that i^jpfj^ating exjienses were !?3010.5:i There was sjient for iuterest and
P„!,iU°';o:u\'n"™b''tX "b'Tx-11-""!- »«5.U0, .od tor e.te„«ons of tho s,stom tlu. sum of WSK.OO. eluded from its provisions.? Was this There is to U^ submitted to the voters a projioHition for u ten thouH-
honeat politics? and dollar (§10.000) bond issue for tho exteusiion of tho water jdant.
Clarence A. Edward8.,ha8 moved hia ( The same argumenta that I have used in icferQUco to the liond issue
, , real eatate ofBee to the old Roaa A \ jjjj. the LigbtinK System also to apply to the wat<?r dojiartment and I
a»jjiiHaT9oca aa there were more than a Portland cutteraleigh, newly paintr ^ neral aerylcw^ and burial were held at Uandall Buildinf. comer of Broadway 1 (Continued on Pace 4»

Nassau County Review.
VOL. XIV NO. 19
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1909
FREEPORT NpWS President's Annual Letter
Ttie annual letter of the Villagre Preaident appears in this issue. It ia a clear, concise, straightforward statement of Village affairs and it will b« well worth your time to read it. We didn't see anything in it asking a salary for the Village President either.
The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Jere E. Brown Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Isador Mayer is building a skating rink ac 84 South Main Street, to be 68x80 feet, one story high and lighted by electricity.
Lewi.s Siegel of We.st Hempstead, father of Lewis Siegel of this village, died Monday, March 1, at his home, in his 93rd year.
MiHS Su.sie LaBar of S'jgarloaf, N. Y., and Miss Jennie Lewis of Newton, N. J., are visiting at the home of Mis.s Rowena Helland, 27 I'ine Street.
The Ctiurch Irnprovement Society of the Presbyterian Church will hold a .sale of cake, candy, bread, pie, apron.s and handkerchiefs at the home of Mrs. Clarence E. Jones, 79 South Grove Street, thi.s .Saturday afternoon from 2 to 5.-
About sixty of our citizens attended the inaugural ceremonies at Washing¬ ton with the excur-iions of the Repub-
Village Board Busy
Chief Engineer's Report—Moneys To Be Voted for
Mr. Aclterman Wont Run
To the Editor of the Review,
Freeport, L. I. Dear Sir:—
I beg to inform the public that I
am not a candidate for the office of
Village Trustee, and never gave per
mission to any party to use my name.
Very truly yours,
Alexander C. Ackerman.
Office to Rent in Ross & Randall Building. Apply Ross & Randall Company, Main St. and Brooklyn Ave., Freeport, N. Y.
Saloons Hate Morrison?
An adjourned meeting of the Village Board of Trustees was held in the Board room Friday evening, the entire Board being present with the exception of Trustee Sigmond.
Chief Engineer Wallace submitted the estimate of money wanted during the coming year for the use of the fire department, as follows: Balance due on hose purchased in 1908, $550; ex¬ tension ladder, $60; 12 helmets, $24; 12 rubber coats, $42; 12 pair rubber boots, $42; 12 pair rubber gloves, $18; 12 hose spanners, $12; 12 hose straps, $6 ; 6 hydrant wrenches, $9; 2 shut-oir nozzles, $40; (i Hilton coup¬ lings, $48; 4 shovels $<>; 4 dash-board gongs for hose wagons, $80; incidental expenses, $100; incidental repairs, $100; fuel, $100; Village Treasurer's
commissions, $75; axles for hose Some More "Things for
Fooled Again!
The "Citizens" circular says:
Why Are They Opposed To Him? They Want Hobbs!
The extraordinary number of saloon¬ keepers, bar tenders and hangers-on of the Village saloons who have signed the nominating petition of the Citi¬ zens' Party should cause every voter to look well to his ballot on Election Day. Eighteen or twenty saloon men out of a possible twenty-four in the village do not favor Mr. Hobb's candi¬ dacy without a reason.
. ._, ,, .,, , , , . _, . What has Mr. Hobbs prom i.sed them?
The polls will probably be ordered Or has Mr. Morrison done something to port aunii^^ tbe year by tho.se m charge at 6 o'clock oflpe^d them? Perhaps the law has
been a little too strictly enforced for them?
There's a reason! What is it? Think it over before election dav.
closed p. m.''
Taking advantage of a new law pa.ssed la.st year the Village Board unanimously voted to keep the polls open till S o'ciock.
wagons and other repairs, $180; brake on truck, $20; horse hire for hauling apparatus to fire, $175; rent, $100; 0 lanterns, $24; repainting Vigilant hose wagon and repairing runway, $75; chemical extinguisher charges, $12, and band hire for inspection, $200, making a total of $2098.
His recommendations wore as fol¬ lows :
1. Purchase of property by the
lican County Committee and Bug House Village for the location of the hose Hose Co. One car would not accori- cotnpanies' houses.
aiodate all the Freeporters going on the Republican excKr.sioti.
Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor, will preach Sunday evening in the M. E. Church on "The City of God in Free- port," this sermon to refer to local conditions and responsibilities of the people for a clean town; and to also include the subject of "no license."
The certificate of the Citizens' Party
2. l.^wering of the ground lloor and concreting same in each hose company's house.
15. Raising the hook and ladder house two feet.
4. The consideration of the forma
The Voters to Ponder Over"
If John E. Golding is a Methodist as the "Citizens" claim, how is Charles F. Schneiker a Lutheran?
J. U. Cartwright said the "Citizens" petition had 225 .signatures last Wednesday night. It only has 180 now and 9 or 10 of these are on twice. What became of the rest?
The one most noticeable feature of the "Citizens" ticket circular is that while it assails the present iidmin- istration it .makes no promises or even suggestions of how it will better exist¬ ing conditions.
The "Citizens'" Party says "Village atfairs are under inlUience of a ring"
Who are "Leading Citizens?"
Sunday the "Citizens" Party issued a circular containing the list of signers to its petition, non^inating officers for the Village election on .March ItJ.
The circular is a jumble of false and
Official Paper of Nassau County
Freeport Village Affairs
I'o tlie Board of Trustees;
(Jentlemen:
.\t this our last uieetiiit^ ol" the fiscal year il seenis {)ro]'er to nie to addre.ss a eomtuunicatiou to you, and through you to our cit¬ izens, dealing with the j^eneral affairs of our Villat^e. All governing bodies are of course subject to a certain amount of criticism, just or unjust, and it is my intention to show that all our acts have been done with the single purpose of what was right and just and for the bestiii- terests of our Village.
In the first placo l,^t me express my appreciation of your sup- Our Board has been harinonions and except on a few small matters have been of one mind in our decisions. Yon gentlemen are all men of atiaiis. of business, aud yet you have devoted yourself to the atfairs of the Village without any desire or lioi)e of re¬ muneration. But it is but natural that ymi should. You have all ii - sided in Freeport for years. You have seen Freepelongs to
Mon ison is the whole show in the D. i says he is now oppo.sed to the whole Morrison's mantle works and spends i ticket.
his money in Freeport; he al.so belongs : We do not make these to one or two locnl lodges but don't i to give any intimation of the possible pany in the department at a regular i use i\as a drawing card when running ; weakness of the ticket, for their sign
for offN-e.
fill vacancies., etc.
A delegation from Freeport Council, No. 57, Jr. O. U. A. M., attended a reception given to National Councilor Schaertzer by Brooklyn Counci No. 21, at Cooper Hall, Brooklyn, Monday. All report listening to a fine address by Mr. Schaertzer, also that they became acquainted with other promient men of the order.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred H. Sniith were surprised by a half hundred of their friends from this village and Hempstead Friday night. Cards and dancing were enjoyed until quite late, music being furnished by Zeiner. In the card contest nrizes were awarded Harry Zi'iner and Addie'Tydeman. meeting, notifying the Company at
Chief Engineer .A. B. Wallace en- lea.st 10 days prior thereto, and that on —
tertained the Board of Fire Commis- such night the Company visited be in Ifi iWeiTliiriam
sioners, counsel to the Board, the as-' uniform for a company inspection. The following preamble and resolu-
aistant chiefs, the foremen of the var- i'. The adoption of a building code, tions have been adopted by the m.^m-
ious companies and the department; and the appointment of a practical and i bers of the Class of 1909, Freeport
secretary at a supper at his residence competent bull ier (who is a member of i High Shcool:
Thursday evening of last week, during the /ire department) as inspector of
which the needs of the fire department buildings at a fair financial recom-
were discussed. pense.
, T, 1 - III With the exception of recommenda- oC Excelsior Hook .• vt /• ^.u .- ,.¦
1 tion No. 6, the recommenaations were
tiT-ii- «iF f ^^ ""l*^! tabled to be taken up by the new
William W. Cameron was unanimously t» j • j- i. i c ¦/ __j J r ..J i A.- i.1.. .,a'.Ji. ¦ Board immediately after its organiza¬ tion following election. It was decided that the matter mentioned in No. 6 be submitted to the new Board with a recommendation that the amount be
taken out of the fire department fund i and published in The Student,
Tattler and the village papers Committee.
Mary B. Davis,
have either signed or pledged their support."
The writer would say just one word here. He is a native of Freeport. He has always been deejily interested in Freeport's affairs and has studied its conditions considerably, having too for a long time attended the meetings of
the Village Board of Trustees, the i ^i i -i i i i i i i -ii ii n \ i
work of which Board the self appointed ^>P'^"f^Vt''=^t it has been hard to keep np with the growth, hampered :i>
nominees of the "Citizens" Party have ^ve are by limits of the \illageliaw. lV()i)le have clamoured for
not the slightest idea of, and think our b'ght and waler faster than we could e.xteud our systems. .Vnd \ ,t
reputation for telling the truth holds •, • i i:. i i i i i i -ii i i • v i i •
good and what we say we expect to he it »s wonderttd what has been done withoiat :iskiug tor a bond issm-.
believed in on this matter. ^Ve iiave about fifty (."lOimiles of streets in Freeport and only raised fi\e As to the "leading citizens" there thousiind dollars iSaOOO) (aud were limited to abont such amouut, ex- are at least 11 salconkeei ers and 7 < i -i.- , i t i\ xt a i i i i hotel bartenders on the list, and we ^'^I'^^«itum) t.. care tor them. New streets liav(. be<>n opened
should say from a study of the list that that are not \ illage streets, aiid people building on them hav<> .isked probably four times as many more of ; that the street bc taken care of, which of course under the law we the signatures were written on the
the i)eople eutails great sacrifices. Vou are men that permain side here and the Vilhige interests are your interests.
Before going iuto the various departments t them when put into proper condition.
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING SYSTEM
Commercial
Some years ago our lighting system was ;i. subject of much ;ui- v(>rse criticism, but the success of our jilant has at the jiresent time al¬ most eliminated such criticism. The general jiolicy of tho Board for
has been to ex- the Jilant. This
of course, is not technically right as extensions should have been statements made by bond issue (or as it would lie c:illed in i)rivate jdauts "'in¬ creased cajiital") but our Village was growing so fast and demands for light were so insistent that it seemed best so to do in oVder to meet the needs of onr jieojile. To-day the jil.ant stands as follows: There are about four hundred and thirtecui (41)5) light consumers.
At the meeting and Ladder Co. Wednesday >ron was una endorsed for advancement to the oflice of Chief Engineer of the Freeport Fire Department and Clarence VanRiper for firsf assistant Engineer. It was also decided that the company would support the man named from Bay View Hoae Co. for Second Assistant Chief.
ers all have a vote (except the nine or ten whose names are down twice) but we wonder who they mean by leading '
''nXy are referring to church mat- • ^^"J* receijits for the year were fifteen thousand six huuar^dand eighty ters, there are not over six signers on i seven dollars and thirty-nine cents ( 15, i- ti » * • .
,» c cao w . xy '"'""','- a ' ..,u:„u ..,^ ,1^ „, ^ u.,,.,,^„ f„ h.. f,' J1 ^,,. cxteusious froui the caruiugs •'Sb.ilM>.l)(). Jiv making these extensions has taken unto Himself Mrs. Amy. which we do not hajipen to be familiar ^ • i, i
Parkerson, the beloved mother of our enough to count the list. But this they ; we have increased the v:i,lue of our jilant and addeil a further source friend and cla.ssmate. Miss Marie E. ; claim is not a matter of sect, so they ^f jucome. The entire inventory of tho jilant will be nia(h; up later to Parkerson. ; could not mean this. , ., ¦, -, r ii tj i i- u • t^ • •
D I A *i, * »u- I 4. I * Tf tv,^- v.f^.. f« \c..A',r.^ ,.;^:,^„„' meet the demands of the Public Service Commission.
Resolved, that this class extend to I If they refer to leading citizens
Miss Parkerson and her family heartfelt sympathy and condolence in their bereavement.
Resolved, that a copy of these reso¬ lutions be sent to the bereaved family
The
our I politically we cannot find the names of
For this vear T recommend to vou that no extensions be made
ten enrolled Republicans on the list, fj.,^,,. tjj,^ earnings, but that the interest on the bonded iudebteduoss and we think if that possible ten knew i i n , • i i i -if n t t\ i i rn
they had been trapped in such a politi-, '^"^^ '^l^ maturing bonds be jiaid from the revenues of the jilan^. fhe cal scheme as this they would wish to j commercial system is at this time adequately able to do this, ;ind by
to purchase a new whistle. Treasurer John E. Golding was or- According to the Brooklyn Times, ' dered to re-transfer $350 from the in- Charles J. Auchterlonie of Hemp- ' terest fund to the light fund, stead, where he moved from this vil- It was decided that the following lage, is claimed to have had a wife ; propositions be placed before the tax- living when he married Miss Marsh i payers to be voted upon at the coming about two weeks ago. According to ; annual election, March 16, and that the the same report Mr. Auchterlonie says [ counsel be instructed to fix them legal- he has heard the same thing before i ly for that purpose. To appropriate but if the marriage ever occurred he j $7,500 for the street light fund for an has forgotten all about it and would | all-night service and repairs to the not know the woman it is claimed is plant; to authorize the Village Board his first wife if he should meet her. to issue lionds to the amount of $10,000
The services in the Episcopal Church i f?*" ^"l^'" ^"5* ^^^'?^^ ^°'' ''K*^' ^^^^^ of the Transfiguration Sunday will be- «'«"« ^*^'"^'"R*'°'^'t'^^ ^'•'"Se; *¦' —
James E. Stiles.
BALE)WI]rr
so doing will decrease our taxes. As to extensions for the ensuing year, that is entirely uj) to our voters, and by submitting to them a bond issue of fifteen thousand dollars (*ir),fj()0) they can r xjiress ; themselves as to whether they desire a further extension of businosK and added accommodation in the way of light service t*7000). This is far less j>er arc lamp
^ Clarence A. Edwards has moved his a proposition at the coming election to ^^.^^^ j^ ,^jj ^o anv j.rivate lighting concern that I know of. Further-
-; real estate olhce from Ross & Randall's pay the Village President an annual .'. . , ^, ' ,, 41 i i- » 1 *i 1 « r i * 1
brick buiding to corner ot Main St. and Salary of $600 per year. The Citi- "'"I'N I thiuk that we all agffe that lMee,..,rt has the best lighted
The fact that tho anonymous circular of "The Citizens' Party" issued Sun¬ day had 27 mistakes in it will not affect the validity of the filed certifi- cote. sdvertising columns this v/eek, while
The mistakes on the circular were president Morrison's letter well ex-
Broadway, F'reeport, on the ground zens Parly
floor. any salary at this time to tSg'Village
Miss Edith Southard of Hillcrest is Preaident." Does not this give you visiting friends in St. Louis, Mo. Mias the impression that Mr. Morrison if re- Southard also expects to spend a week -elected would want a salary of $600, E. A. Hawkins in
strongly opposejj^^ying ; streets of anv village on Ijoiig Island.
MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
t )ur Water Plant is iu a thoroughly satisfactory cx^uditiuu .in»l sui»i»lying our citi/.r-ns with jmre, wholesome water at exceedingly rea-sonable rates. We have about eight huudred and twenty fS'20)
but that Mr. Hobbs, if elected, would
not take the money? Did you stop to; • . , ^i 1 ^ t.tM.,', u~ rn
think, first that the matter must be' water consumers. lhe receijitB of the jilant were $ll4.)/.»;>. lli«
aubmitted to a vote and, serond, that i^jpfj^ating exjienses were !?3010.5:i There was sjient for iuterest and
P„!,iU°';o:u\'n"™b''tX "b'Tx-11-""!- »«5.U0, .od tor e.te„«ons of tho s,stom tlu. sum of WSK.OO. eluded from its provisions.? Was this There is to U^ submitted to the voters a projioHition for u ten thouH-
honeat politics? and dollar (§10.000) bond issue for tho exteusiion of tho water jdant.
Clarence A. Edward8.,ha8 moved hia ( The same argumenta that I have used in icferQUco to the liond issue
, , real eatate ofBee to the old Roaa A \ jjjj. the LigbtinK System also to apply to the wat